Kids' Interests

What do 10- to 11-year-old children want to do?

Use instant messaging (e.g. Live Messenger, Yahoo!, AIM, etc.) and email
Chat with others online, collect emoticons and find fun ways to dress up text
Research topics using search engines
Use online games, diaries, music websites, send photos (using webcams and digital cameras), and create personal websites
Post messages and photos on social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
Play video games through a console
Watch and create videos for online video sites such as YouTube
Use cell phones for web surfing, text messaging, etc.
Seek increased independence (e.g. going out for bike rides, going to play at parks, walking to and from school and friends' houses, shopping at the mall, going skateboarding, etc.)
Stay home alone for short periods
Go out for Halloween with friends
Go to sleepovers
Take part in extra-curricular activities

Use Instant Messaging (e.g. Live Messenger, Yahoo!, AIM, etc.) and email
Chat with others online, collect emoticons and find fun ways to dress up text
Research topics using search engines
Use online games, diaries, music websites, send photos (using webcams and digital cameras), and create personal websites
Post messages and photos on social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
Play video games through a console
Watch and create videos for online video sites such as YouTube
Use cell phones for web surfing, text messaging, etc.
Stay home alone
Babysit
Start confiding in friends
Experiment with relationships (intimacy)
Go out for Halloween with friends
Go to sleepovers
Go to overnight camps